When I think back to some of the
Leupold binoculars I have owned, over the years, my first reaction is one of disbelief. Have I been selling binoculars THAT long? This would have been back in the late 80s and if you were snooping around binoculars, back then, you may remember some of these great
Leupold binoculars. One of my favorites was a green armored compact 7x actually made for Leupold by Leitz. It actually said, Made in Portugal, on the binocular. It was superb quality, as you would expect with that kind of pedigree and it was unusual in that it had individual eyepiece focus. This compact Leupold binocular preceded the first Gold Ring compact binoculars, which were also individual eyepiece focus. All current Gold Ring binoculars, such as the
Leupold Gold Ring HD started with that one. My next Leupold was also individual eyepiece focus. It was a 9x36 Wind River. In those days, Leupold simply marketed them as Wind River, not Leupold Wind River and not the more recent Leupold Green Ring. That 9x36 was simply a 9x36 Wind River. No matter what it was labeled, it was an excellent porro prism binocular, made in Japan. Of course, both of these old Leupolds are long gone, but Leupold moved forward from there and now offers a much more extensive and very popular line of binoculars to suit every budget. One thing that has not changed, though, is that great Leupold value for the dollar and that great Leupold customer service.